Interventions to promote healthy eating habits: evaluation and recommendations

Although in several EU Member States many public interventions have been running for the prevention and/or management of obesity and other nutrition-related health conditions, few have yet been formally evaluated. The multidisciplinary team of the EATWELL project will gather benchmark data on healthy eating interventions in EU Member States and review existing information on the effectiveness of interventions using a three-stage procedure (i) Assessment of the intervention's impact on consumer attitudes, consumer behaviour and diets; (ii) The impact of the change in diets on obesity and health and (iii) The value attached by society to these changes, measured in life years gained, cost savings and quality-adjusted life years. Where evaluations have been inadequate, EATWELL will gather secondary data and analyse them with a multidisciplinary approach incorporating models from the psychology and economics disciplines. Particular attention will be paid to lessons that can be learned from private sector that are transferable to the healthy eating campaigns in the public sector. Through consumer surveys and workshops with other stakeholders, EATWELL will assess the acceptability of the range of potential interventions. Armed with scientific quantitative evaluations of policy interventions and their acceptability to stakeholders, EATWELL expects to recommend more appropriate interventions for Member States and the EU, providing a one-stop guide to methods and measures in interventions evaluation, and outline data collection priorities for the future.

Filhos de criação : uma história dos menores abandonados no Brasil : (década de 1930)

Na sociedade brasileira, as políticas sociais para infância e juventude considerada desamparada e delinqüente entre os anos de 1920 e 1940 caracterizam-se pelo fato de terem sido levadas a cabo pelos representantes do Poder Judiciário. Em Florianópolis (SC), o Juizado de Menores foi instituído, em 1935, pelo grupo que passou a governar o Estado de Santa Catarina com o propósito de promover, sob a ótica da gestão da população, uma assistência social moderna para os filhos dos trabalhadores urbanos. Nessa pesquisa, investigou-se, a partir da documentação emitida pelo Poder Judiciário, porque a prole de determinados grupos sociais ─ migrantes, descendentes de açorianos e madeirenses e afrodescendentes ─ que habitavam na cidade, na década de 1930, ingressaram no programa social colocação familiar implementado pelas autoridades judiciárias no período. Inicialmente foram identificadas as motivações relativas aos meios de subsistência e ao contexto sócio-familiar que geralmente levavam mães e pais consangüíneos a transferir seus filhos para outros lares. Posteriormente analisou-se como a noção de menor abandonado, vigente no Código de Menores de 1927, foi operacionalizada do ponto de vista jurídico-administrativo pelos representantes do Estado com o intuito de enviar os infantes pobres e os considerados infratores para as residências dos guardiões. Por fim, as experiências vivenciadas pelos menores declarados abandonados nos lares dos guardiões foram descritas. Os guardiões da capital catarinense e do interior do Estado acolhiam os “abandonados” de ambos os sexos com o objetivo central de obter mão-de-obra, sobretudo, para os serviços domésticos. Esse programa social se mostrou relativamente ineficaz à medida que não propiciou condições para que essas crianças e jovens oriundos dos grupos populares urbanos ascendessem de classe, garantindo, na maioria das vezes, apenas a subsistência dessas pessoas. A análise desse processo histórico relativo à chamada família substituta explica, em parte, as direções tomadas pelas políticas sociais infanto-juvenis nas décadas subseqüentes no Brasil.

Ingestão alimentar e nutricional de callithrix jacchus: relaçao com hierarquia social e disponibilidade de alimento

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Resposta comportamental e hormonal de machos não reprodutores de sagüi, callithrix jacchus, a estímulos sensoriais de filhotes não aparentados

Parental care in mammals is influenced by somatosensory stimuli from infants, such as vocalization and sight and by changes in the hormone levels of caretakers. The aim of this study was to evaluate the behavioral and hormonal responses of twelve non reproductive adult male common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) to infant cues, vocalization recordings, sight and physical contact with newborn. Six out of twelve males had previous experience in caretaking. In article 1, adult males were exposed to newborn vocalizations for 10 minutes. On control condition no sound was presented. In article 2, males were tested on two conditions: a) Control: an empty acrylic transparent box (test box) was placed in male s cage for 15 minutes, and b) Experimental: males were exposed to newborns into a closed text box for 15 minutes. The cage was kept closed to prevented from tactile, smell and acoustic stimulation by the infant on common marmoset males. In article 3, males were exposed to an open or closed text box, which allowed or not their access to and social interaction with the infants. After each observation sessions, blood samples were collected to evaluate the cortisol levels of males. In all studies, behavioral response of adult males was significantly modified by newborns sight, vocalization and physical contact. Males approached and spent more time near the sound source and showed an increase in locomotion during sound exposure. Furthermore, males approached, smelled and spent more time near the test box when the newborn was inside it. There was no difference in behavioral pattern between experienced and non-experienced males in articles 1 and 2. In article 3, behavioral pattern of males was influence by previous caretaking experience. Experienced males recovered quicker and carried the infants more than the inexperienced ones. However, inexperienced males showed a decrease in recovery latency and an increase in carrying time after successive exposure to infants. Cortisol levels changed after exposure to infant s vocalization, especially for experienced adult males. Male hormonal profile was not affected by the sight of infants neither by their previous experienced in caretaking. The occurrence of social interaction between the caretaker and infant did not modify the hormonal profile of common marmoset males; however, as much as experienced males carried the infants their cortisol levels decreased. Thus, members of a social group or potential caretakers common marmosets exposed to sensory cues from dependent infant such as vocalization, sight, smell and physical contact, changed their behavioral and hormonal responses that are physiological modulators of parental behavior in common marmoset

Padrão de atividades e de interações sociais de animais juvenis em dois grupos selvagens de Callithrix jacchus

The juvenile period represents the developmental phase between weaning and sexual maturity. Weaning occurs when the youngster does not receive direct care from the caretakers anymore. Individuals in the species Callithrix jacchus live in groups composed by the reproductive pair and successive twin sets. Cooperative care is the rule. Infants are weaned early, and from then on, food is provided by the adults in the group. These animals present high levels of social interactions, through play, grooming and social contact. During infant age, the twin becomes the main partner. There are few studies about the juvenile period, especially on Callithrix gender. The objective of this study was describing the pattern of activities and social interactions of four sets (one single and three twin sets) during juvenile phase in two Callithrix jacchus groups. We used instantaneous and continuous focal sampling for juveniles and scan sampling for adults behavioral recordings. Juveniles presented the same behavioral pattern as the adults relating the activity budget, in particular, foraging along the months. The composition of the diet was the same as that of the adults. Food transfer ended along the juvenile period. Social play as much as grooming were important socializing activities for the juveniles. The young individuals in the group were the main partners in social play, specially the twin. Adults were the main partners in grooming interactions. Scent marking differed between twins in the male/female sets, the female presenting the highest levels of marking. The juveniles were independent from adults in foraging activity. Social interaction varied according to group composition, but in general, interacted more with the twin and with the youngsters (infants and subadults), except in grooming. Even presenting many similarities, juveniles showed some differences between genders, which indicates the differentiation in behavior towards reproductive strategies early in the juvenile period

Caracterização do ritmo de atividade motora durante a puberdade em sagüis (Callithrix jacchus) sob condições semi-naturais

Most of ontogenetic studies on circadian timing system have been developed on infants, adults and elderly. The puberty has not been a stage of life few studied, except for researches in human adolescents, that presents phase delay in sleep-wake cycle. However, few studies have focused on the basis of this circadian change due to methodological difficulties. Thus, an animal model to study the sleep-wake cycle at puberty is essential. In the common marmoset, a social primate, the circadian activity periodicity stabilizes around 4 months (juvenile stage) and the 8h period component has a seasonal variation. Puberty stage of this species begins near the 8th month of age in males and near the 7th month in females with 7 months of duration. With the aim to characterize the circadian motor activity rhythm during puberty in marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) the motor activity was continuous registered by actiwatches in 6 animals between 5-12 months. Since the social factor influence the behavior of this specie, behavioral observations were realized in 30 minutes windows twice/week to a general evaluation of the influence social interactions dynamic across experiment. Determination of puberty onset was done by fecal progesterone and estrogens in females, and androgens in males. From the analysis of the multiple regression test was selected a model that evaluate age and seasonal variables effect on the activity rhythm according to the higher explanation coefficient. The total activity was the only parameter influenced by age. Moreover, the activity onset was the parameter more explained by the model, and the sunrise was the factor that most influenced it. After the puberty onset, 2 dyads advanced the activity onset. The activity total decreased in 1 dyad and increased in 2 dyads. This increase may be related to the birth of infants in these families. The motor activity circadian component stabilized later in 1 dyad, coinciding with the puberty onset of these animals, while bimodality, caused by the 8 h component, was modulated by seasonality. The agonistic behavior was not evaluated due to reduced number of events. There were changes across ages in affiliative behavior of contact in 1 dyad, grooming done in 1 animal and grooming received in 2 animals. Although there is evidence of puberty effect on the activity motor rhythm, the photoperiodic fluctuations influenced the rhythm. Therefore is not possible to affirm if the puberty modulate the activity rhythm in marmosets

Ontogênese comportamental de Callithix jacchus em ambiente natural

In most primates, the mother is primarily responsible for care in early life of the infants, since, as in other mammals, infants depend on their mother to nutritional conditions. However, unlike most of them, in some species, infants are also dependent on other individuals with respect to transportation, supervision, and food sharing. To understand the distribution of care to offspring is essential to understand the social dynamics of the group. Several studies conducted in the natural environment, during the infant have been studied mainly through the careful transport of the infants. Our study approached the different forms of care to infants (transport, supervision and food sharing) and the development of behavioral repertoire throughout all phases of infant and juvenile seeking to better understand how to establish the development and survival of offspring of Callithrix jacchus, in natural environment. The seasonality in the caatinga was striking in this study and the collection had two distinct seasons for each of the sets observed, one dry and one rainy. These environmental changes seem to have influenced the distribution of activities in animal development. Yet the greater availability of resources in the rainy season seems to have been the main factor influencing the pattern of activities. Results will be presented in two manuscripts

O papel das relações sociais e da atenção social durante tarefas cooperativas em Callithrix jacchus

Several studies on nonhuman primates show that the relationships between individuals strongly influence the expression of cooperative behavior, both in natural environment and in captivity settings. Recent studies suggest that cooperative breeders present outstanding performance in tasks involving social cognition, such as cooperative tasks with experimental apparatuses. In experimental research on this subject it is crucial to differentiate between real cooperation (or communicative cooperation, mediated by social attention) and by-product cooperation that results from simultaneous actions of individuals. The present study assessed, in Callithrix jacchus, a cooperative breeder species, if social relationships and social attention between subjects are important factors during performance in cooperative tasks. During the experimental procedure the animals participated in three different cooperative tasks: cooperation task, prosocial task and control task. Diverging from the literature, matrix correlation tests revealed no significant relationship between grooming or proximity and the execution of the tasks, suggesting that other factors such as age or hierarchy may have an effect on the performance in cooperative tasks in this species. There was also no relationship between the execution of the cooperative tasks and social glances, suggesting that there was no social attention during the tasks. Moreover, there were lower rates of social glances in the cooperative tasks as opposed to the control tasks. However, the small number of pulls in prosocial tasks suggests that the animals distinguished between tasks that benefited only a partner and tasks that generated benefits to themselves, choosing the latter. We conclude that, for the tasks presented in this study, we could neither detect the role of social relationships on the cooperative tasks nor assert that there were true cooperation and prosocial behavior

Aspectos do cuidado cooperativo em dois grupos de Callithrix jacchus selvagens

The Callitrichidae family presents cooperative breeding, where breeders and non breeders take care of the offspring. The aspects of care analyzed in this study were infant carrying, supervision, proximity and food transfer. Three sets of infants from two wild groups of Callithrix jacchus were studied in the environments of Caatinga (Assu group) and Atlantic Forest (Jundiaí group). The methods used in the study were instantaneous focal sampling (infant carrying, supervision and proximity) and continuous focal sampling (food transfer). In the two sets observed in Assu group, the father carried and transferred food to infants more than the rest of the group. The biggest contribution in supervision was from the father and from another adult male. The members that remained in proximity to the infants in both groups were the younger in the groups (juveniles and sub-adults). In the Jundiaí group, the father and the adult male helper of the group were the main caregivers; one of the sub-adult females was responsible for supervision of the infants. With the disappearance of the reproductive male and one of the sub-adults females in 3º month of infants life, the care was redistributed and the only adult male left in the group was the animal that contributed more in provisioning of the infant. In the Assu group, there were adult females in its composition which were involved in agonistic interactions with breeders and adult males, and seemed to influence their low participation in care. Food transfer initiates early in the development of the infants, as a way to encourage nutritional independence. Different types of food transfer (active food transfer, food steal, food steal attempt, passive food transfer and food handling) were observed in the study and frequency of each one varied with developmental phase and tolerance by the members. One relevant data of the study was the presence of active food transfer in Assu group, since in literature there are very few registers of this type of transfer for this species. It is important that groups from distinct environments and composition be studied for a better understanding of the dynamics of infants development

Percepção de estigma e qualidade de vida em crianças com neoplasia

The increase in survival time and cure requires more extensive care about the quality of life of cancer patients, which begins soon after diagnosis. Thus, it seems reasonable to the emphasis on development of studies covering the psychosocial variables, such as stigma, treatment of childhood cancer aiming thereby to the attention of the overall needs of the child. Thus, this research aims to investigate the perception of stigma and quality of life in children with cancer. This is a cross-sectional research and understanding of the descriptive type, the type specimen being adopted for convenience. This consisted of thirty children with cancer and thirty children without chronic disease. The instruments used were the Quality of Life Questionnaire, the Perceived Stigma Scale and Technical Drawing Story with a Theme. The results indicate that the chronic condition, no interfered significantly in satisfaction with the quality of life in children with cancer and identified that the quality of life is not related to the stigma. Comparison with children with no chronic disease with infants with cancer, no significant differences were observed. However, the group mean contrast was lower, suggesting a greater impairment in quality of life of children with cancer compared to those without chronic disease. It is worth noting that the psychosocial effects and the limitations imposed by disease and treatment are presented as important factors in the design mode of subjective manifestations of children with cancer. Therefore, it is expected that knowledge elucidated by this study will assist, greatly to the promotion of improved emotional, biological and social development itself and the involvement of children with cancer treatment

As mães sabem avaliar adequadamente o peso das crianças?

Investigou-se a adequação da opinião materna sobre o peso de crianças menores de dois anos, submetidas à monitorização do crescimento em unidades básicas de saúde. Foram entrevistadas 180 mães e, com base nas respostas, anotadas na íntegra e codificadas a posteriori, as crianças foram classificadas em desnutridas ou em risco, eutróficas ou com sobrepeso. Esta classificação foi comparada com a condição nutricional dos infantes, definida de acordo com os critérios antropométricos adotados pelos serviços de saúde. Segundo os resultados, como instrumento para o diagnóstico precoce da desnutrição e do sobrepeso, a opinião materna apresentou baixa sensibilidade e alta especificidade. A freqüência de adequação do parecer das mães não se relacionou com a idade, escolaridade e posição da mãe em relação ao trabalho. Conclui-se que a maior parte das mães de crianças com problemas relacionados à alimentação não apresentava condições para participar ativamente das ações de prevenção/recuperação por desconhecerem o estado nutricional de seus filhos.

O que pode o filosofar no ensino fundamental: caminhos para uma educação na perspectiva emancipatória

Pós-graduação em Educação Escolar - FCLAR

Infraestructura, integración y equidad: el impacto social de la infraestructura sanitaria y de transporte de personas.

Hay un consenso entre académicos y practitioners sobre la existencia de una relación positiva entre más y mejor infraestructura y crecimiento económico. Respecto del fenómeno más amplio del desarrollo, la literatura ha procurado desentrañar los nexos teóricos y las regularidades empíricas entre la infraestructura con la productividad, por un lado, pero también con la inclusión social y la equidad, por otro. La infraestructura efectúa diferentes aportes. El capital de infraestructura no es homogéneo y tampoco lo es su efecto sobre los aspectos distributivos. El agua y el saneamiento tienen un nexo particular con la salud de la población en general, con la mortalidad infantil, con la salud de los infantes, su capacidad de aprendizaje y de adquisición de destrezas laborales. En materia de transporte, la reducción de costos y tiempos tiene un impacto económico directo en actividades económicas de producción, distribución doméstica e internacional. Pero también tiene dicha infraestructura un rol que cumplir en lo social y distributivo al reducir accidentes fatales y heridos graves en los sectores naturalmente más vulnerables a los mismos, que son los pobres. Bajo el paraguas general de la infraestructura, se pueden incorporar una serie de instalaciones que permiten la prestación de determinados servicios, algunos con muy fuertes inversiones de capital fijo, unos domiciliarios y otros que no lo son necesariamente, pero que comparten en común la existencia de redes (de transporte, de cableado, de cañerías) y un fuerte concurso de capital físico y tecnología, así como la necesidad de mantenimiento periódico con fuertes inversiones.

O leitor nas trilhas do texto: um diálogo entre a teoria de Umberto Eco e a poética da leitura de Jorge Luis Borges

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Acolhendo corporeidades: o sentido do corpo para crianças de um abrigo institucional do município de Belém

A dissertação trata do sentido de corpo para crianças acolhidas em um abrigo. Primeiramente, apresentamos a fundamentação conceitual de corporeidade focada no existencialismo, desvelando sua dimensão educativa. A seguir, apresentamos a medida de acolhimento em abrigo institucional para crianças numa perspectiva historicizada, abordando-a como espaço-tempo-vivido de cuidado e educação. Isto possibilita perspectivar a criança abrigada vivendo as dimensões de ser-corpo em um contexto de cuidado e educação institucional, pautado em normas e costumes diferentes daqueles familiares e que na atualidade tem se caracterizado como modelo disciplinar flexível. Este trabalho é uma pesquisa de campo com enfoque qualitativo, realizada com autorização da FUNPAPA e da instituição locus da pesquisa. O universo investigado foram quatro crianças do sexo masculino, com idades entre oito e onze anos, acolhidas institucionalmente a mais de três meses. Aplicamos formulários para caracterização dos sujeitos e da instituição; e para contemplar o fenômeno utilizamos a observação sistemática, registrada em filmagens e diário de campo. Os dados foram analisados com base no método de interpretação fenomenológico na perspectiva do Fenômeno Situado, que usa as Unidades de Significado para alcançar generalizações sobre o fenômeno pesquisado. Nossos resultados indicaram que a instituição pesquisada embora nasça sob o sopro das mudanças vindas com o ECA, mantém elementos da pedagogia das antigas instituições, pois embora os infantes tenham certa flexibilidade para escolher “o que”, “onde” e “com quem” fazer atividades no tempo livre, isto não significa ausência de controle sobre seus comportamentos e condutas. Falta liberdade de “como fazer”, que acaba afetando às demais possibilidades de escolhas (corpo-opção). O tempo livre é tido como ocioso e ocorre dentro da instituição (corpo-recluso). A imaginação é a fórmula encontrada pelos infantes para escapar da monotonia (corpo-imaginação). O corpo é experimentado como instrumento de poder (entre os coetâneos e com os adultos); e também para demarcar propriedade (corpo-domínio). Todavia é elo com o outro, pois possibilita ver e ser visto como existência (corpo-presença), sendo experimentado como maneira de ser consigo e com o outro (corpo-identidade). Mas os infantes continuamente experimentam o corpo limitado pela coletividade (corpo-disciplina) e na busca por interações afetuosas ou ante situações frustrantes, o corpo extravasa sentimentos (corpo-aconchego). O corpo-criança é objetivado pelo adulto (corpo-disciplina); e por isso é destituído de intencionalidade pelo último (corpo-translúcido). Mas não significa que o sujeito é subjugado, já que se insurge de maneira velada ou explicita contra este controle (corpo-resistência). O sentido de educação do abrigo não estimula a individualidade e a autonomia, é incapaz de satisfazer demandas afetivas, emocionais e sociais. Esta pedagogia separa os sujeitos em corpo e mente e igualmente busca o controle do corpo para submissão da vontade. Então, o corpo vivido no acolhimento é subjetividade aprisionada no corpo-objeto, mas insurgente contra este modelo.